SgurrEnergy has consulted on the 12MW Tyrinselkä wind farm since the early stages of the project, drawing on expertise across all disciplines to provide a range of services including engineering support and wind analysis.
As owner’s engineer since early 2014, SgurrEnergy has supported this project through the pre-construction phase and assisted in achieving financial close in July 2015. In addition to providing project management and construction monitoring services, SgurrEnergy conducted detailed design, technology and milestone reviews.
SgurrEnergy will continue its involvement with this project by providing asset performance management services following energisation.
Developed by Tuulivoimaytiö Pohjoistuuli Oy, the wind farm will comprise four Nordex N131/3000 3MW wind turbines, which have a hub height of 144m and a tip height of 210m. The wind turbines are among the tallest to be installed onshore in the world.
Andrej Sršen, managing director at Tuulivoimaytiö Pohjoistuuli Oy, said: “Tyrinselkä wind farm is a pilot project under construction in our Finnish wind power portfolio of more than 30 turbines. We have been working on this project for three years and are happy that these modern turbines will start producing electricity for local people in a sustainable way very soon.”
He continued, "The project was prepared with the help of many local and international partners, where SgurrEnergy played a key role on the technical side of the project preparation and construction supervision. Due to a very good level of cooperation with this company, we are now looking for ways to extend it on projects outside of Finland.”
Katherine Blum, project manager in SgurrEnergy’s implementation team, said: “With its six tower sections and 64.4m long blades, it is tremendous to see the sheer scale of the wind turbines installed this week, and the achievements to date are a result of the hard work from all involved in the project and their respective expertise."
The project, situated in the Humpilla region in southern Finland, is expected to be energised towards the end of 2016, with asset performance management due to continue into 2018.